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The Australian Mathematical Society THE AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (INC) REPORTS FOR THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH COUNCIL MEETING President's Report Secretary's Report Treasurer's Report Audited Financial Statements Editors' Reports ANZIAM Report 1 of 45 PRESIDENT'S REPORT NALINI JOSHI This will be my last report as President of the Australian Mathematical Society. At the September 2010 AGM in Brisbane, I will hand over to the new President, Professor Peter Taylor (University of Melbourne). To summarise the role of President in a few words, I would say it is like creating a Cubist painting; it needs a simultaneous view of issues from all angles, both internal and external! I am and will continue to be honoured to have been able to act in this role for the Society. On the internal organisational front this year, we have carried out a revamp of the Gazette, by phasing out technical submitted articles and phasing in commis- sioned articles. The Gazette now has an advisory panel, Professors Jon Borwein (Newcastle), Kerry Landman (Melbourne) and Mathai Varghese (Adelaide), whose role is to commission expository articles and provide advice to the editors, Drs Amie Albrecht and Kevin White (UniSA), who are also new this year. In January, we had a seamless changeover of Honorary Secretary. Assoc. Professor Peter Stacey (La Trobe University) took over from Assoc. Professor Liz Billington (UQ) and has been doing a wonderful job. We have also been taking action to make the AustMS web-site more electronically agile. We are now at a stage where all members can log-in individually to the site to update their contact details and preferences. An internal issue important to our profession is the process of encouraging and sustaining younger and early-career mathematicians. We have established the Early Career (EC) workshop preceding the annual meeting as a regular event in our calen- dar. The EC participants in September 2009 told me how much they appreciated and enjoyed this event. The next EC workshop will be held in Caloundra, just prior to the annual meeting in Brisbane. We now have a student representative on Council, currently Ms Wendy Baratta (Melbourne), who will provide ongoing feedback from our student members. At the Council meeting in September, we will also consider a proposal to offer free membership to students for a period up to ten years. A second initiative we have established for early career mathematicians is a new award called Lift-off Fellowships, with the aim of providing short-term support, in- cluding living expenses and travel grants, for students who have recently submitted for examination a highly regarded PhD thesis in the mathematical sciences. Three Lift-off fellowships have been awarded so far this year. Along the same lines, Council approved a one-off grant of $25,000 to the Aus- tralian Mathematics Trust, to contribute to the support of Olympiad activities. During 2010, government support for the AMT had undergone change and become uncertain. The hope was that our support could help improve future chances of government funding. We became a \sustaining association" member of AMSI for three years at an annual fee of $30,000. To improve communication between AMSI and AustMS, an ex-officio position was created on the AMSI board for the AustMS President as non-voting member and conversely a position was created for the AMSI Director on the AustMS Steering Committee. We also made a one-off grant of $15,000 to AMSI to contribute to the support of the Summer School and vacation scholarships. 1 2 NALINI JOSHI In support of the academic members of our profession, I joined the team led by Assoc Professor Leigh Wood, Chair of our National Education Committee, to develop a national professional development framework for lecturers and tutors in the mathematical sciences. The project was funded as an ALTC Leadership grant and our first workshop will be held immediately following the AustMS annual meeting in September this year. Externally, we submitted a response to the draft ERA guidelines. Some of our recommendations were adopted by the ARC for the mathematical sciences. In particular, papers containing significant mathematical content published in non- mathematical sciences journals were allowed to be recoded to the mathematical sciences (if the authors verify that the paper contained at least 80% mathematical content) and peer review was adopted as a mechanism for evaluating 20% of out- put in FoR code 0101 (pure mathematics). I am grateful to the members of the AustMS Ranking Subcommittee who contributed extremely valuable work on the ERA journal rankings process and helped to formulate our submissions to the ARC. The members of this subcommittee are Professors Phil Howlett (UniSA), Michael Murray (Adelaide), David Steel (Wollongong) and Hyam Rubinstein (Melbourne). The work of Dr Ross Moore (Macquarie) was essential throughout this process. The work of this subcommittee will continue. I was a member of the reference group for the Go8 Review of Education in Mathematics, Data Science and Quantitative Disciplines which released its report on 09 March 2010. I have participated in discussions on a co-funded research centre in the math- ematical sciences with the Director of AMSI, Professor Geoff Prince, and Chairs of ACHMS, Professor Cheryl Praeger, the National Committee for Mathematical Sciences, Professor Hyam Rubenstein, and current and immediate past Presidents of SSAI, Dr Geoff Lee and Professor William Dunsmuir. Geoff Prince, Geoff Lee and myself met with the CEO of the ARC, Professor Margaret Sheil, and the Head of the Physical, Mathematical and Information Sciences Panel, Professor Richard Coleman, on 01 September 2010 to discuss this issue further. This year, I became a member of the National Committee for Mathematical Sciences of the Academy of Science. The Academy asked me to lead the official del- egation from Australia to the General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union, which was held on 16-17 August 2010 in Bangalore, India. This very inter- esting meeting led me to see the diverse range of actions and explorations that the IMU is undertaking. It convinced me that mathematical groups in Australia must participate more on the international stage. Our experiences have been noticed by the rest of the world. In particular, I was asked to join a working group of the IMU to consider the feasibility of producing an international ranking of journals in the mathematical sciences. I have had many conversations with leaders and advisors in government bodies and other societies and corresponded with politicians. I have provided interviews on radio, TV and the print media and written two further opinion pieces that were published in the Australian this year. This is a very important part of our work to make sure that the world external to our profession sees and understands our concerns. All of us have to join in! Write a letter to your local member to let them know about your concerns. Participate in dialogue with teachers and school students. Above all, remember to let the world see your passion for mathematics. Australian Mathematical Society Inc. Secretary's report to Council and the AGM 1. Membership statistics for the period 1/6/09 - 31/7/10 NEW MEMBERS TOTAL: 119 Comprising 38 Ordinary (O), 3 Early Career (EC), 0 Special Education (SE) 1 Reciprocal (Recip) 73 Reduced-rate (RR), 2 Retired (Ret), 0 Life (L). ABRAMOV, Dr Vyacheslav M (O) HACKETT-JONES, Dr Emily (O) AHMED, Mr Alauddin (RR) HALIMI, Mr Nazer (RR) ALFIFI, Mr Hassan (RR) HARVEY, Dr David M (O) ALHARTHI, Mr Muteb R (RR) HEIDARIRAD, Ms Zohreh (RR) ALI, Mr Yasir (O) HEKMATI, Dr Pedram (EC) ALQAHTANI, Mr Rubayyi Y (RR) HEYMAN, Mr Randell (RR) ALZUBAIDI, Mr Yassin (RR) HIBBERD, Dr Katrina E (O) ATHANASSENAS, Dr Maria (O) HOLLAND, Mr James N (RR) AMSI - Aust Math Scs Inst (Institutional) HOLMES, Dr Cathy A (O) BADRAN, Mr Alexander J (RR) HOWES, Mr Philip T (RR) BARNES, Mr Josef, (RR) JACKSON, Mr Daniel R (RR) BARRY, Dr Steven I (O) JHANJEE, Mrs Sangeeta (RR) BARTLEIT, Mr Nicholas AB (RR) JIANG, Mr Si Chao R (RR) BRERETON, Mr Timothy J (RR) KAMRAN, Mr Khurran (RR) BROWNING, Mrs Sara A (RR) KANDANAARACHCHI, Ms Sevvandi P (RR) BUKHATWA, Ms Bothaina (RR) KAULT, Mr Sam (RR) BUTLER, Mr Samuel T J (RR) LANGTRY, Dr Timothy N (O) BYCROFT, Miss Clare (Recip) LE GIA, Dr Quoc T (O) CHARLTON, Dr Philip R (O) LEE, Mr Yuan H (RR) CHEN, Mrs Ingrid (RR) LIU, Dr Yanqun (O) CHIODO, Mr Maurice C (RR) LUANGWILAI, Mr Thiansiri (RR) CHISHOLM, Miss Rebecca (RR) MACNAMARA, Dr Shevarl (O) COUTTS, Mr Don (O) MAJEED, Miss Saba (RR) DALEY, Mr Neville (O) McATEER, Mr Stephen (RR) DALLASTON, Mr Michael (RR) McCORMICK, Ms Laura (RR) DARGAVILLE, Steven (RR) McCORMICK, Mr Stephen M (RR) DEMIRKALE, Mr Fatih (RR) McCOURT, Mr Thomas A (RR) EDWARDS, Mr James (RR) McLAREN, Dr David I (Ret) ELFARD, Mr Ali S (RR) MELLOR, Mr Vincent A (RR) EVANS, Dr Gareth E (EC) MENTIPLAY, Mr Daniel F (RR) FERNANDO, Dr Anthony E (O) MEYER, Miss Jahne V (RR) FITZPATRICK, Mr Matthew A (RR) MIKLAVCIC, Prof Stanley J (O) FOSTER, Mr James D ((RR) MINCHENKO, Miss Marsha (RR) FRANCIS, Mr David B (RR) MOGHADDAM, Mr Amir (RR) GAKHOV, Dr Andrii (EC) MURPHY, Miss Kelly E (RR) GHITZA, Dr Alexandru E (O) NG, Mrs Chooi F (RR) GUO, Mr Ivan W H (RR) NGUYEN, Ha H N (O) 4 of 45 NICHOLS, Mr James A (RR) STEPHAN, Mr Andrew (RR) O'NEALE, Mr Dion R J (O) STEVENSON, Mr Gregory S D (RR) O'SHAUGHNESSY, Mr Darren M (O) SUKHORUKOVA, Dr Nadezda (O) PAN, Mr Yu (RR) SUKOCHEV, Prof Fedor (O) PHILLIPS, Prof Willaim R C (O) THOMAS, Dr
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